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<blockquote data-quote="XhenEd" data-source="post: 610673" data-attributes="member: 19498"><p>As far as Emsisoft is concerned, their BB can be called heuristics. No, Emsisoft doesn't have the heuristics similar to that of Kaspersky, Avast, ESET, etc., but for the Emsisoft team, BB is just a large scale heuristics. It all really depends on how one defines heuristics. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I need to find the thread to support what I said. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>As for Avira, if indeed that it has a trimmed version of the cloud tech, then it's just bad. You would always want the Free version to shine, so that it gives the users the incentive to buy the Pro version. But I don't really think that they have trimmed down the Free version's cloud functionality. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: For Emsisoft, <a href="https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/15052-ids-behavior-blocker-heuristic-what-is-the-difference/?do=findComment&comment=113756" target="_blank">IDS, Behavior blocker, Heuristic, what is the difference?</a></p><p>My explanation might not be accurate, so an explanation straight from the horse's mouth is good. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I think I misunderstood it. The post is saying about the similarities of IDS and BB, but not Heuristics and BB. So, my explanation isn't accurate after all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>"It is a common misconception that Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker uses conventional heuristics. Heuristics checks files on your hard-drive for malicious routines and then classifies a file as dangerous or safe based on a calculation of probability. Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker works on a higher level though, and directly monitors how active programs behave on your system." - <a href="http://blog.emsisoft.com/2012/10/16/tec121016/" target="_blank">Efficient protection against new malware: Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker</a></p><p></p><p>Also, [SPOILER="About Heuristics"]That depends on what you consider a heuristic. The term is awfully broad and everyone seems to have their own definition. For a lot of people heuristics are intertwined with the ability to emulate the execution of a program and watch what it does in such an emulated environment as part of the normal file scan. We don't do any of that in our engine. For others all methods that are not aimed at detecting a specific malware or malware family, but detecting malicious files in general are considered heuristics. We do use those in our engine. However, we rarely call them out as being a "heuristic detection" anymore. I think the last detection that actually made itself known as being a heuristic detection was Heuristic.Possible.MBR.Rootkit that has since then been removed. That rule for example triggered the scan engine to read the disk's MBR using various methods (Windows API, talking to the disk directly, etc.) and comparing the results whether or not they were identical, which would indicate an application hiding the real contents of the MBR from the rest of the system. Although I am sure a lot of people with different definitions of "heuristic" than us would disagree that this rule was a heuristic to begin with.[/SPOILER]- <a href="https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/14903-old-signatures/?do=findComment&comment=112900" target="_blank">Old Signatures</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XhenEd, post: 610673, member: 19498"] As far as Emsisoft is concerned, their BB can be called heuristics. No, Emsisoft doesn't have the heuristics similar to that of Kaspersky, Avast, ESET, etc., but for the Emsisoft team, BB is just a large scale heuristics. It all really depends on how one defines heuristics. :) I need to find the thread to support what I said. :D As for Avira, if indeed that it has a trimmed version of the cloud tech, then it's just bad. You would always want the Free version to shine, so that it gives the users the incentive to buy the Pro version. But I don't really think that they have trimmed down the Free version's cloud functionality. :) Edit: For Emsisoft, [URL='https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/15052-ids-behavior-blocker-heuristic-what-is-the-difference/?do=findComment&comment=113756']IDS, Behavior blocker, Heuristic, what is the difference?[/URL] My explanation might not be accurate, so an explanation straight from the horse's mouth is good. :D I think I misunderstood it. The post is saying about the similarities of IDS and BB, but not Heuristics and BB. So, my explanation isn't accurate after all. :D "It is a common misconception that Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker uses conventional heuristics. Heuristics checks files on your hard-drive for malicious routines and then classifies a file as dangerous or safe based on a calculation of probability. Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker works on a higher level though, and directly monitors how active programs behave on your system." - [URL='http://blog.emsisoft.com/2012/10/16/tec121016/']Efficient protection against new malware: Emsisoft’s Behavior Blocker[/URL] Also, [SPOILER="About Heuristics"]That depends on what you consider a heuristic. The term is awfully broad and everyone seems to have their own definition. For a lot of people heuristics are intertwined with the ability to emulate the execution of a program and watch what it does in such an emulated environment as part of the normal file scan. We don't do any of that in our engine. For others all methods that are not aimed at detecting a specific malware or malware family, but detecting malicious files in general are considered heuristics. We do use those in our engine. However, we rarely call them out as being a "heuristic detection" anymore. I think the last detection that actually made itself known as being a heuristic detection was Heuristic.Possible.MBR.Rootkit that has since then been removed. That rule for example triggered the scan engine to read the disk's MBR using various methods (Windows API, talking to the disk directly, etc.) and comparing the results whether or not they were identical, which would indicate an application hiding the real contents of the MBR from the rest of the system. Although I am sure a lot of people with different definitions of "heuristic" than us would disagree that this rule was a heuristic to begin with.[/SPOILER]- [URL='https://support.emsisoft.com/topic/14903-old-signatures/?do=findComment&comment=112900']Old Signatures[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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